Village of Oxford, NY Article I General Provisions

§ 293-1 Title.

[Amended 2-5-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013[1]]

This chapter shall be known as the "Village of Oxford Zoning Law."

[1] Editor’s Note: This local law also provided that it superseded any inconsistent provisions of New York State Village Law, and included and incorporated an Appendix A, which set forth findings, determinations and declarations. A complete copy of the local law and the appendix are on file in the Village offices.

§ 293-1.1 Severability.

[Added 2-5-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]

If any word, phrase, sentence, part, section, subsection, or other portion of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or to any circumstance, is adjudged or declared invalid or unenforceable by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction, then, and in such event, such judgment or declaration shall be confined in its interpretation and operation only to the provision of this chapter that is directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment or declaration is rendered, and such judgment or declaration of invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect or impair the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this chapter or the application hereof to any other persons or circumstances. If necessary as to such person or circumstances, such invalid or unenforceable provision shall be and be deemed severed herefrom, and the Village Board hereby declares that it would have enacted this chapter, or the remainder thereof, even if, as to particular provisions and persons or circumstances, a portion hereof is severed or declared invalid or unenforceable.

§ 293-2 Purpose.

The provisions of this chapter are the minimum requirements adopted to promote the health, safety and general welfare of this community. They are deemed necessary for the following purposes:

A. Promote orderly development. To protect the character and maintain the stability of residential, business and manufacturing areas within the Village and to promote the orderly and beneficial development of such areas.

B. Regulate intensity of use. To regulate the intensity of use of zoning lots and to determine the area of open spaces surrounding buildings, necessary to provide adequate light and air, privacy and convenience of access to property and to protect the public health.

C. Regulate location of buildings. To establish building lines and the location of buildings designed for residential, commercial, manufacturing or other uses within such lines.

D. Establish standards of development. To fix reasonable standards to which buildings or structures shall conform.

E. Prohibit incompatible uses. To prohibit uses, buildings or structures which are incompatible with the character of development of the permitted uses within specified zoning districts.

F. Regulate alterations of existing buildings. To regulate such additions to and alterations or remodeling of existing buildings or structures as would not comply with the restrictions and limitations imposed hereunder.

G. Limit congestion in streets. To limit congestion in the public streets and so protect the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare by providing for off-street parking of automobiles and for the loading and unloading of commercial vehicles.

H. Protect against hazards. To provide protection against fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards in the interest of the public health, safety, comfort and the general welfare.

I. Conserve taxable value of land. To conserve the taxable value of land and buildings throughout the Village.